Exclusive Song Premiere: Mark Knopfler — "Got to Have Something"
GuitarAficionado.com presents the exclusive US premiere of Mark Knopfler's "Got To Have Something." The track is from 'Privateering,' Knopfler's acclaimed double album, which was released last fall outside the US.
Now, thanks to a worldwide deal with Universal Music Group's Verve Records, 'Privateering' will finally be released in the US September 10. Check out the pre-order information below. 'Privateering' is Knopfler's first double album in his 35-year career.
"The older I get, the more I want to write," he says. "Whether that is just panic at time running out, I'm not sure. I'm enjoying the process more than ever, writing, recording and playing live, I enjoy all of it. I'm almost tripping over songs."
The 20 tracks on 'Privateering' are consummately crafted folk, blues, country and rock originals.
"I have always thought in terms of the transatlantic nature of music," he says. "My idea of heaven is somewhere where the Mississippi Delta meets the Tyne. What I wanted from the very first album with Dire Straits and songs like 'Sultans of Swing' was to write my own geography into the American music that shaped me, to identify the English, Irish and Scottish landmarks on Chuck Berry's road.
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